Posts Tagged ‘roofing scams’

Marietta couple ripped off with roof scam

Monday, March 8th, 2010
A couple in Marietta Georgia trusted  an Atlanta roofing company to put a new roof on their home. But the contractor took their money and was never heard from again. Charley & Mary Wheeler live on a fixed income and struggled to scrape up some money for the new roof. Notice what happened next… A roofing [...] Tags: atlanta roofing company, atlanta roofing scams, better business bureau, roofers, roofing company, roofing company atlanta, roofing contractor, roofing scams

Con Artist Roofing Scam With a Twist

Monday, February 22nd, 2010
Is it possible to hire an honest roofing contractor in Atlanta and still get scammed? Believe it or not… the answer is yes and your Atlanta roofing company can still be innocent. Allow me to explain. So you have done your due diligence and have hired an Atlanta roofing contractor using the suggestions we have outlined in [...] Tags: atlanta roofing company, georgia-roofing-company, roofing, roofing scams

Roofer takes a down payment and doesn’t do any work

Monday, February 8th, 2010
A local contractor could face criminal charges for allegedly taking money from a customer and failing to do any work. On February 10, 2009, victim William Heston signed a contract for $13,970 to have his roof redone. He wrote a check for the down payment to the contractor, which was cashed the following day, Heston told [...] Tags: atlanta-roofing, criminal charges, georgia-roofing, georgia-roofing-company, roofing scams

Police arrest area roofer, money repaid

Wednesday, January 20th, 2010
Homeowners in this New England commumity alerted the Better Business Bureau and police when a local roofing contactor took deposits totaling about $20,000 to replace roofs, but never actually did the work.  The article posted in the Telegraph and Gazette goes on tp sayabout the roofing contractor: “He was down and out with the flu or [...] Tags: atlanta roofing company, atlanta-roofing, better business bureau, georgia-roofing-company, home improvement contractors, roofing scams